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^VOLUME I
Successor; To'THE FALLONITE
BAKER, M;pNXA^|^WpRSDAY. MAY 25, 1916. _ Successor To THE FALLONITE
NUMBER 48
fa
|j George ^Perry, another of the,early
/pioneers of eastern Montana,'.died at'
his home.25 miles'north of Baker, last
f Monday at the age of, 80 years. Bright's
fdisease caused his death".
£•'- -Mr. Perryjhad lived in this section
jl3 years. He was bonvat Cornwall,
^England, atod dame; to .this.c^untry'37
"*years. ago.: Before!' coming here... he.
" fliyed.near ..Cheyenne,-Wyo.
i] Decedent,is survived by three sons,
■James M., Robert and Henry and a
1 sister in England. „'"
If The body "was taken; by^auVmobije-
Sto Belle-Fourche, S. D., for burial be '
<side: his,,wife,Awhodied;in.4SK)5.::.:^
"Brief services were held "by Rev.
'Pollard' at 'the"' Baker:Oongre'gati6har
church yesterday.
After an illness of only four days,
fRobert Finlayson died Sunday,.. May
31, at his home in this city.
The funeral s.ervices'-were,.cpnduct-
„ed by Rev. Pollard at the Congregational church last Tuesday afternoon.
?;Interment was at, Bonnievale cemetery. ' ;
... Robert Finlayson was born in Ross-
line, Scotland, on June 18, 1858,"of
:}Scotch Presbyterian parents. Un Dec.
.'1, 1893, he was married to Miss
t^Nellie Macree and. to^this union were
Jborn five children.
.J Mr. Finlayson came to Canada
pHvith his family nine years ago and a
;;;year later took up a homestead in
^Fallon county, near Ekalaka.
JVr*The-first-of -»st ••January-he "-moved,
v.to Baker and took possession of the
» Fallon house. •
The deceased was a kind and affec-
; tionate husband and father.. A wife,-
five children here in Baker and a bro-
Ttherand sister in Canada remain ■ to
" mourn .his loss. The - bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire
.; community.
Josh Jones of Box Elder, one of
the real old timers of this section of
Montana and a Fallon county.pioneer,
.died of heart failure Thursday evenr
ing-° . i.l ,.__."_
, Mr. Jones has been residing on the
Box Elder for many years and is well
and favorably known in that section
of the country. The news of his death
comes as a'surprise to his many friends.
CREEL SAYS GRAIN FIELDS
OF FALLON COUNTY FINE
In company with W. A. Hotchkiss,
J. Y. Creel, the hustling real estate
man, made a tour of the county this
week—Mr._H.otchkjss. who represents
the Hennepin Mortgage Co., of
Minneapolis,, was looking up some of
their farm loan clients'.
Mr. Creel says the grain fields , are
looking fine after the recent rains.
Both spring and winter wheat are' 'up
five to six inches. Farmers are still
busy seeding flax and corri-and "will be
... for several weeks yet. All of ..the
, spring wheat, is not in yet, heavy rains
r the past two weeks having delayed
farming operations somewhat.
, "At the farm of Mrs.',*Mary R'a-
berg,'on the "101" road^siidf Mr:
Creel, "I saw a hundred[acrj^yfield
of rye that stands a foot -'hjgh'^ My
friend from Minneapolis , wasl-enthus-
iastic about the-country and - particu-
] larly the prosperity that was apparent
" in the small herds of cattle an'd- horses and the large-acreage in crops."
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County Fair Dates Set
Fallon County's fair 'will be'held
on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 19 and 20. These dates;were set
at the annual meeting of .the county
fair board which took place at Ekalaka last week. , _ ,
The election of officers, for the ensuing year resulted as follows: J. W.
Grant, president; C. G. Rickard, vice
president; Wm. Mowbray, secretary;
H. B. Albert, treasurer; J. W.; Grant!
C: "G. Rickard, J. :KW>HiscockV
George Boggs, and A. H. Dahl, -di-
rectors. , • ' L
■•' -The" matter of' improving the fajr
association property (for the coming
exhibition,was taken.up and discussed
and another meeting has been called
for June 6. ,* - .„' ^"
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Lutheran Ladies Lunch, k.
If any fault could be found with
the «luricheon' served by the Ladies
Aid of.the-Lutheran, church Saturday
evening it was that the price charged
was too low. It was a 50 cent lunch"
eon all for only 15 cents. The prcf
ceeds were more than $35. %
. The fancy goods on sale at the bazaar; were nearly all ..disposed of.
Mrs. Harry Schaller, president of
the society,.andtthe ladies w,ho assisted rfer,*-deser.ve a lot of credit^for the
sttccessi o%t$s&iffiiift".'HI}- v"' ';.
As announced;,"last/ week'^in^thiii
inewspaperIthe Baker,;high school;grad-;
;uation^exerci'ses' williBe'held atT'Owef.-
gp^ opera house Tiies.day evening,.
Bakerites go to Willard.
Several "Baker people autoed ^to
Willard. Saturday evening and attend-
en the home talent play, "Hearts and
Diamonds."
"This same"play was given several
weeks ago and made such a hit that
a-!«econd. performance was requested.
The troupe will put;-on the play 'at
Ekalaka to"mbrrow\evening.
Those going'frofn here were Mrs.
C.Hildreth, Mrs. "E. Lathom and
-daughter,.- Ernestine. Misses Till
■Steljnaeh.and Alice Smith and Messrs
SiWey^irJd Trandurri.
jMay.30. :=" There.are"'three graduates
'thisiyear,;they:b'ein^. Beatrice. 'Emma
jDaujgherty, Bessie Lillian ' Millard
fand: Harold Ellswotth.Patton. . *'!-r
The., commencemerit address;-'will
ibe delivered by Hon. Theodore Brantp
ley,;chief justice of the'supreme'xqurt
of Mpnta.na. ' ' .}"' ?,':
On Sunday evening, May 28,vRev."
S. W. Pollard will conduct the bacca-:
laureate services at the Congregational
church. - . -
This is the first commencement- -in
the history-of Baker and should "be
attende'd by all. citizens of this corri-
muhity who have the welfare of the
schools at heart, . . < ,
,_.iJnder ...the^,,.efficient, t1directipn of
Miss Carrie .Bachtle,-the first gradual
tion class have acquitted themselves
.with credit and have set a high standard for future classes. All of them
have made averages above 90 and
each has excelled in some line ; of
study. From Baker high schooI_they
plan to go to our own state universityjr
or to "that of some'oth'er state. " *
The complete program of the^'exer-
cises at the opera.house follows:* \.
Miss'Mina Monroe ofEkalakawas
in BakerA^fe.wvhburs XueVday.
Mrs. Mary Leitch is passing^ a
.couple of, days with! Mrs. Burt Hitov
Joe Gemsley of Ismay, transacted
business in this city Thursday.
Jack .Cuncon was over from Ismay
Thursday- and -Friday of-last week!
Miss Lillian Hildretlv came ...oyer
from Willard Friday and- visited until the following day with her mother.
Miss" Martha Haftle, who has been
on her ranch near Bisher the past
week, returned to Baker Tuesday. '
The Ladies Aid met at the Congregational church"'parlors this afternoon.
Mesdames. _Wyman and Hughes en-
tained.
W. O. Mieir, who has been iathe
east on business connected with- the
Baker Townsite Co., returned to Baker Saturday.
Phillip-Lund of Miles Citv, was
here this week. He is thinking of
starting a bakery in this city.
Miss Katherine Bennett of Miles
City, visked.at the home of Mrs.
Claude DuVaul this week, enroute to
herhome in Mildred.
J. F. Welch, deputy state dairy
commissioner, of Helena, was in Ba-
■ker_LSaturdav._on_business connected"
with his office.
Mrs. G. Hetherington returned
'Monday, from a three weeks visit
with friends and relatives in Minneapolis.' .
' J.S. Berkman of. Butte, representing a sales promotion company;'.is
putting on a big sale for the Baker
Clothing Co.' . lT''''"'""
" C; J. Millard, of" Westmore,""was
in Baker Saturday, - enroute to Iowa
where he has purchased the fine $1,-
000 bull, Dismore 2nd, No. 36,484,-
for his herc£bf registered Hereford cat-
.tie., Tj.'j.'.t '-|.>-i-
• .!-,rv^< :".z?->-\ _ ' -
Manager:iPhillips of the Owego op-
era"hous§';fias I secured the big feature
serial, filrh^entitled the "Girl and the
Game," "with Helen Holmes as" the
feature star. The first of- the series
will-be shown tonight. /' '■
Harry Murphy, who" has.been at-,
tending school in" this . city, was
thrown from a bicycle Tuesday and
his "face and head were badly* lacerated. The little .fellow was removed to
his home ..in ; the country and the
wounds'are rapidly healing.
The, Baker Townsite Company report the saleoffa number of lots'this
week" in Lathom Heights. This is a
most attractive-* addition to Bakers
residential' section, convenient to the
high school-and court house and offering a good .view of the city and surrounding country.
^iiiifllli
■Wi'/«X*--.-f^\^X>*iT*'"
Invocation, Rev. M. J. Bamford.
Violin solo, H.'L! Cory. '" ' . ;
Instrumental,-"Valse de Capriei,"
Spindler^—Beatrice Daugherty.
Address, ...of Welcome, H. Wi
Sparks. ■ s
Solb,"The Valley of Laughter,"
Mrs. L. P. Chuning.
-Trio, ''One Fleeting- Hour,'^
•Messrs. "eV A.' Sibley,:D':^r« Ybuhg?
'Dr."ErJ'."Pbtterton.~~ '"" - * "
-Commencement address, Chief Justice Theo. Brantley.
Solo, "A Mammy's Song," Bonita
Cornish.
Triojr-'fWake, Miss Lindy," Misses .Beatrice. Daugherty, Eula Sparks,
Bonita Cornish.
• Presentation of Diplomas, Miss
Carrie Bachtle, principal.
At Masonic hall Friday evening at
eight o'clock the Eighth grade exercises will be held, at .which time the
following pupils will receive diplomas,
having completed the course of study
provided^by-the state and -passed the
examinations:
Victor Brown, Arnold Crosby, Eb-
er Blake, Catherine Blake, Grace
Ewalt, Marjorie Hubbard and Ernestine Lathom>
The following interesting program
has been prepared:
Duet, "Qui Vive," Beatrice Daugherty and Irene Lentz. .
Invocation, Rev. S. W. Pollard.
Address, C. J. Dousman. '
Vocal solo, "Absent," Dr. R. S.
Meyjan.
Trio, Bonita Cornish, Beatrice
Daugherty, Eula Sparks.
Solo. "Two Little Brown Eyes,"
Bonita Cornish. .
Presentation of Diplomas, MataD.
Allee.
BROADWAY PLAYERS PLEASE
^AKCT PEOPLE AT OWEGO
The Broadway Players played return engagements-at the opera house
Saturday and Sunday nights and were
greeted with filled houses at both performances."
"Where the Trail Ends" was put
on the first evening ; and "The Unwritten Law" Sunday night. The
work of rhe actors is above the ordinary and the company a well balanced
one.. ». __*«
The troupe, is made, up of ladies
and gentlemen * and their plays are
clean. Baker people hope they will
favor therri with another, visit at some
future date.
Lutheran Minister Coming.
Rev.- J. O'.' Wangberg informs the
Times,that a resident . minister l.as
been* engaged for-Baker and will take
up his work in the near future. Defi-
jnite announcement of the appoint-
' ment will be" made later. Rev.
, Wangberg, .whose home is at Bow-
-man, is temporarily supplying this
. district, which comprises Baker, Wiil-
1 ard, Ollie and Carlyle.
. Memorial Day will be observed for
the first time" in Baker, next Tuesday]
May 30, thanks to the thoughtfulness
iand enterprise of "'the...Womans Club.
• v;The occasion., will' be notable because of the presence." of, Montana's
chief justice of the supreme court,,
Hon. Theodore • Brantley of Helena,
.and a musical program befitting the
occasion'has been prepared. -
"So farias -known"there will be no
boys in blue to march down the. street
to decorate the graves of their comrades, but the Times has been requested to issue a special invitation to Civil
and Spanish-American war veterans,
if any there be, to'attend the exercises
,Tuesday.
\s The exercises will be held at the
Owego opera house at 2:30 p. m. and
from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock all business
^houses and'offices will be closed-
"There will be no program at the
cemetery, but it is expected that individuals -will give attention to the decoration of.'graves of "those lost to
sight but to memory dear."
■f The program follows:
-•.Music—Baker Orchestra.
,->' Welcoming Address—Charles J.
Dousman.
L-Song, "America"—Audience.
^Prayer—Rey. S. W.,Pollard.
.../^"Observance'of Memorial Day"—
,5#rs,vFrank J; Mains.
>;S;;'Musical, Selection — Male Quar-
>-n;V'* :r':,;-i';'
jette:
'4'jM,emor.ial Address—Chief Justice
"Tn<fo:^Bra,ntlex,7--;■•,'■----^ ••-;• •-\^..-.«_.. .,,,*;
.:.,;Song, "Montana"—High .School
chorus. ^ t
Vocal Solo—Bonita Cornish. •
. Song, "The Flower of Liberty"—
H.igh_SchooLChorus.
~M lisic—Baker Orchestra.
Song, "Star Spangled Banner"—
Audience.
Fobte's Fine Horses Admired.
H. J. Foote, a prosperous farmer
living 12 miles south of Baker, was,in
town Saturday. Mr. Foote was driving a team that attracted a lot of at-
-tentLon,.-anAmpojtejJPej^he^n_stajhon
that tips the beam at 1930 pounds,
and his mate, a 1700 pound mare.
Mr. Eoote came in after his wife who
has justTeturned from a visit' with
relatives and friends in Iowa.
MRS. ED LAKE REELECTED
PRESIDENT OF WOMANS CLUB
„At the regular meeting of the Woman's Club which was held at the
home of Mrs. Ed. Lake, Tuesday afternoon, the following officers were
elected to conduct the affairs of the
organization for the ensuing year.
Mrs. Ed. Lake, President; Mrs.
Charles Dous'rrian," Vice President;
Mrs. Geo. M. Daugherty, Second
Vice, President; Mrs. Frank Mains,
Secretary; Mrs. Carrie Hildreth, Treasurer. .Mrs. Clyde Erther and Mrs.
J'.. C.,. Millard were elected as delegates to the state convention which
will be* held in Helena some time during the "coming month of. June.
- The Woman's Club has been very
active during the past year and have
done many- good things for the good
of-_ Baker and its citizens. The organization is made up of ladies who
have the betterment of the community
at heart and this city is indeed fortunate' to have a society of that kind
doing the good work which is being
carried -• on.
Williston Man Visits Gillilan.
"--.Wilfred Carpenter of Williston, N.
IX, arrived in'Baker Thursday and is
visiting Shell Gillilan, the auctioneer.
Mr. Carpenter is-a plasterer by trade
and expects, to make this place his
home. ■ He is also a baseball player
and.his arrival will greatly strengthen
the local club. The acquaintance of
Mr. Carpenter was made by^ Shell
about 20 y.earsw»go at Mitchell, S. D.,
when the latter's father and brother
were "drowned.'
Mayor of Terry Here.
Hon^W. A. Cameron, rriayor of
Terry arid a former county commissioner of Custer county, was a Baker
visitor,Monday.
This is Mr..Cameron's first visit to
Baker in three years and* he was amazed at the changes that have been
wrought.
He was .particularly interested, in
the oil drilling operations and expressed the opinion that this has done
more to advertise Baker than anything
that has heretofore happened.
Baker to Have Pool Hall.
Baker/will have an up to date pool
hall within the next 30 days.
Owen Wyman and J. W. Hazle-
tbn, well known and popular young
business men, will remodel the building now occupied by the Times as
soon as our new building is completed.
These gentlemen have ordered first
class equipment. They will also have
a cigar store in connection.
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Warning.
The party whotook 95^bushels of
flax seed out of the Walt Galvin house
about three weeks ago; is known to me.
You are hereby notified that unless
you return by lune 1, 1916 either the
full amouriFof the stolen seed or deposit in the First National Bank of
Baker, Mont., to my credit the sum
of $190.00 its reasonable value, a warrant will be sworn out for your arrest.
. .. _. Glen Bush,
5-25-lt. • Bisher, Mont.
WORTHY 6RAND MATRON IS
GUEStll EASTERNS STARS
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Charity Chapter O. E. S. of,Ba,ker,:
held special exercises in the Jvjasonje;
haUr^\irf*^Va,nd •.Friday • whicri^i|re:
*la^i$r'^^
and visitors'."-
Thursday ' evening Miss Beatrice
Daugherty was ushered into, the
mysteries of the order and Mrs. Louis
Hoak, grandmother of the candidate
and-past-worthy matron-of one—of the
O.-E. S. lodges of Minneapolis, presided over the initiation.
At this meeting Miss Carrie Bachtle," Mrs. Chas Dousman and H. S.
Josselyn were elected alternates to the
grand chapter. "TMesdames " Geo.
Daugherty, Bert Hitch and L. Price
are the regular delegates by right of
the offices which they hold.
At the close of ther exemplification,
luncheon was served by Mesdames
DTclTjohnson an"d"~Galt.
Friday .afternoon a| "school of instruction was held and was presided
over by Dr. Helen. Roberts, worthy
grand'matron of Montana.
- At 7:30 a four course banquet was
given at the Hildreth House and a
very delicious repast was served.
Several speeches had .been" planned
for the banquet, but a telegram to Dr.-
Roberts announcing the . death of a
brother suddenly ended the evening's
entertainment. " H. S. Josselyn, in behalf of* Charity Chapter, presented
Dr. Roberts with a souvenir spoon.
WiirEggriclrCalls:
Will Eggrick,. •a prominent farmer
who resides fen miles south of Baker
called in this office and ordered the
Fallon County Times sent to his place
for a year.
.Mr. Eggrick is one of the early settlers of this country having come to
Fallon county before there was a railroad in. this section of the state.
Notice.
All persons knowing themselves to
be indebted 'to Fagaines & Fagaines
of the Fallonite, please call and settle.
All creditors of the above firm should
remit bills within ten days of this notice at the dwelling three doors north
of the picture show.
5-lt. Fagaintfs & Fagaines.
Chuning Sells Garage
L. P. Chuning sold his garage the
first of the week to J. "W. Zook,
formerly in the mercantile business at
Westmore, who will take charge on
June first.
Mr. Chuning has not fully decided
upon what he will do, but at the present time thinks he will keep the repair shop and devote his time to that
end of the business.
Thos. Shanks of Simpson, Kansas,
purchased 26iots in the Hitch, addition from L. C. Burns, Tuesday.
Showing their ..appreciation for .being so royally, entertained.some."time
ago, a number.of Baker peoplevgaye ;
a dance to members of the B. T. O. C.
at the opera house, Friday evening,
as a return affair to the masquerade
party which the,; young ladies of that
society gave early in April.
.. The interior of,the hall was prettily
decorated -with Ted, white and blue
streamers draped - in such a manner
as to form- a huge canopy over the entire room. The chandeliers were
covered with colored bunting so that
variegated hues were cast upon the
dancers, which added to the beauty
and brilliance of the scene.
The Rhame orchestra furnished the
music, which was about as good as
has been heard in Baker for many a
day
Dreamy waltzes, and delightful two-
steps were enjoyed by the whirling
dancers, until an early hour, when
everyone departed speaking words of
praise for the enjoyable time they,had,
and the B. T. O. C. girls felt • that
they had been royally entertained.
-1
Jottings About Town.
H. W. Spa"fks' sold' 900 acres of
land to Thos. Shanks of Simpson, Kansas, the first- of the week.
'•'" Mrs. Doc. Lathom of Camp Crook
visited at the E. Lathom home the
latter part of last^week.
:!%Mrs. T. J. Westrope', ,of Willard,
:s\
she attended the O. E. S. schobl^df
instruction.
Rev. I. L. Cory of Hardin, stopped
off here, yesterday on his return jrqm
Crawfordsville, Ind., where recently
he buried His mother, a venerable
woman 90 years of age. Rev. Cory
is father of County Surveyor Cory.
Len .Churchill, the ybung man operated on at the hpspital Tuesday, is
still in a critical condition but has a
fighting chance for recovery.' A large
abcess was found in the appendix and
gangrene had already set in.
Baker's baseball team defeated the
Plevna aggregation on' home grounds
Sunday afternoon, in the first gamejof
the season, rafter a hard contest by a
score of 10 to 9. Baker plays Willard here next, Sunday.
•Y-S4
■5:M3
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YOUNG MAN FALLS FROM
TRAIN AM) INSTANTLY KILLED
The "body of E: .M.'Selleck of St.
James, Minn., was found near .the
railroad track about a mile and a quarter west of Plevna, May 14. „
The~-body~was~refnoved—to-Plevha -
by order of the coroner, where the
clothes were searched and letters of .
identification found. The coroner's
jury returned a verdict that the unfortunate young man came to his death
by falling from the moving trains,-It
was found that his neck was broken
just below the. skull,- which'caused i
instantaneous death. '■•■' v'\
At the request of Geo. W. Selleck,
the young man's father, the body was
buried - at Plevna where--it will remain until it. can be removed to the
family burial place. '•
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Good Horses Arrive. „
Bruce Burk shipped in. a carload
of fine high grade Percheron mares,
Monday, which he; is disposing-of
to the farmers of" Fallon county.^'" • • "&'s<i*ti
A number-of the,\ animals -were"1'!
purchased at Litchfield, Minn.jjiand. ;
the remainder of.the carload "was^bfcf .^
tained from Taisers of high grade horses ;
in Iowa. These-mares are all-:highi'
class stock and will be a benefit, to/';
any purchaser of the same. r>;\ •
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Hank and.Mantly Here^>
See Hank and Ma'ndy a'tnhe J.O.we-" ,,
go Theatre, Friday bnUS'S.'y^t^T^- -'
McHale &: -Calhoun, .-pui
singing act. ..Eight big acts.'/"1*$S^Tr
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HiscockV
George Boggs, and A. H. Dahl, -di-
rectors. , • ' L
■•' -The" matter of' improving the fajr
association property (for the coming
exhibition,was taken.up and discussed
and another meeting has been called
for June 6. ,* - .„' ^"
' '.'" :.' •" — k'_-
Lutheran Ladies Lunch, k.
If any fault could be found with
the «luricheon' served by the Ladies
Aid of.the-Lutheran, church Saturday
evening it was that the price charged
was too low. It was a 50 cent lunch"
eon all for only 15 cents. The prcf
ceeds were more than $35. %
. The fancy goods on sale at the bazaar; were nearly all ..disposed of.
Mrs. Harry Schaller, president of
the society,.andtthe ladies w,ho assisted rfer,*-deser.ve a lot of credit^for the
sttccessi o%t$s&iffiiift".'HI}- v"' ';.
As announced;"last/ week'^in^thiii
inewspaperIthe Baker,;high school;grad-;
;uation^exerci'ses' williBe'held atT'Owef.-
gp^ opera house Tiies.day evening,.
Bakerites go to Willard.
Several "Baker people autoed ^to
Willard. Saturday evening and attend-
en the home talent play, "Hearts and
Diamonds."
"This same"play was given several
weeks ago and made such a hit that
a-!«econd. performance was requested.
The troupe will put;-on the play 'at
Ekalaka to"mbrrow\evening.
Those going'frofn here were Mrs.
C.Hildreth, Mrs. "E. Lathom and
-daughter,.- Ernestine. Misses Till
■Steljnaeh.and Alice Smith and Messrs
SiWey^irJd Trandurri.
jMay.30. :=" There.are"'three graduates
'thisiyear,;they:b'ein^. Beatrice. 'Emma
jDaujgherty, Bessie Lillian ' Millard
fand: Harold Ellswotth.Patton. . *'!-r
The., commencemerit address;-'will
ibe delivered by Hon. Theodore Brantp
ley,;chief justice of the'supreme'xqurt
of Mpnta.na. ' ' .}"' ?,':
On Sunday evening, May 28,vRev."
S. W. Pollard will conduct the bacca-:
laureate services at the Congregational
church. - . -
This is the first commencement- -in
the history-of Baker and should "be
attende'd by all. citizens of this corri-
muhity who have the welfare of the
schools at heart, . . < ,
,_.iJnder ...the^,,.efficient, t1directipn of
Miss Carrie .Bachtle,-the first gradual
tion class have acquitted themselves
.with credit and have set a high standard for future classes. All of them
have made averages above 90 and
each has excelled in some line ; of
study. From Baker high schooI_they
plan to go to our own state universityjr
or to "that of some'oth'er state. " *
The complete program of the^'exer-
cises at the opera.house follows:* \.
Miss'Mina Monroe ofEkalakawas
in BakerA^fe.wvhburs XueVday.
Mrs. Mary Leitch is passing^ a
.couple of, days with! Mrs. Burt Hitov
Joe Gemsley of Ismay, transacted
business in this city Thursday.
Jack .Cuncon was over from Ismay
Thursday- and -Friday of-last week!
Miss Lillian Hildretlv came ...oyer
from Willard Friday and- visited until the following day with her mother.
Miss" Martha Haftle, who has been
on her ranch near Bisher the past
week, returned to Baker Tuesday. '
The Ladies Aid met at the Congregational church"'parlors this afternoon.
Mesdames. _Wyman and Hughes en-
tained.
W. O. Mieir, who has been iathe
east on business connected with- the
Baker Townsite Co., returned to Baker Saturday.
Phillip-Lund of Miles Citv, was
here this week. He is thinking of
starting a bakery in this city.
Miss Katherine Bennett of Miles
City, visked.at the home of Mrs.
Claude DuVaul this week, enroute to
herhome in Mildred.
J. F. Welch, deputy state dairy
commissioner, of Helena, was in Ba-
■ker_LSaturdav._on_business connected"
with his office.
Mrs. G. Hetherington returned
'Monday, from a three weeks visit
with friends and relatives in Minneapolis.' .
' J.S. Berkman of. Butte, representing a sales promotion company;'.is
putting on a big sale for the Baker
Clothing Co.' . lT''''"'""
" C; J. Millard, of" Westmore""was
in Baker Saturday, - enroute to Iowa
where he has purchased the fine $1,-
000 bull, Dismore 2nd, No. 36,484,-
for his herc£bf registered Hereford cat-
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Manager:iPhillips of the Owego op-
era"hous§';fias I secured the big feature
serial, filrh^entitled the "Girl and the
Game" "with Helen Holmes as" the
feature star. The first of- the series
will-be shown tonight. /' '■
Harry Murphy, who" has.been at-,
tending school in" this . city, was
thrown from a bicycle Tuesday and
his "face and head were badly* lacerated. The little .fellow was removed to
his home ..in ; the country and the
wounds'are rapidly healing.
The, Baker Townsite Company report the saleoffa number of lots'this
week" in Lathom Heights. This is a
most attractive-* addition to Bakers
residential' section, convenient to the
high school-and court house and offering a good .view of the city and surrounding country.
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Invocation, Rev. M. J. Bamford.
Violin solo, H.'L! Cory. '" ' . ;
Instrumental,-"Valse de Capriei"
Spindler^—Beatrice Daugherty.
Address, ...of Welcome, H. Wi
Sparks. ■ s
Solb"The Valley of Laughter"
Mrs. L. P. Chuning.
-Trio, ''One Fleeting- Hour,'^
•Messrs. "eV A.' Sibley,:D':^r« Ybuhg?
'Dr."ErJ'."Pbtterton.~~ '"" - * "
-Commencement address, Chief Justice Theo. Brantley.
Solo, "A Mammy's Song" Bonita
Cornish.
Triojr-'fWake, Miss Lindy" Misses .Beatrice. Daugherty, Eula Sparks,
Bonita Cornish.
• Presentation of Diplomas, Miss
Carrie Bachtle, principal.
At Masonic hall Friday evening at
eight o'clock the Eighth grade exercises will be held, at .which time the
following pupils will receive diplomas,
having completed the course of study
provided^by-the state and -passed the
examinations:
Victor Brown, Arnold Crosby, Eb-
er Blake, Catherine Blake, Grace
Ewalt, Marjorie Hubbard and Ernestine Lathom>
The following interesting program
has been prepared:
Duet, "Qui Vive" Beatrice Daugherty and Irene Lentz. .
Invocation, Rev. S. W. Pollard.
Address, C. J. Dousman. '
Vocal solo, "Absent" Dr. R. S.
Meyjan.
Trio, Bonita Cornish, Beatrice
Daugherty, Eula Sparks.
Solo. "Two Little Brown Eyes"
Bonita Cornish. .
Presentation of Diplomas, MataD.
Allee.
BROADWAY PLAYERS PLEASE
^AKCT PEOPLE AT OWEGO
The Broadway Players played return engagements-at the opera house
Saturday and Sunday nights and were
greeted with filled houses at both performances."
"Where the Trail Ends" was put
on the first evening ; and "The Unwritten Law" Sunday night. The
work of rhe actors is above the ordinary and the company a well balanced
one.. ». __*«
The troupe, is made, up of ladies
and gentlemen * and their plays are
clean. Baker people hope they will
favor therri with another, visit at some
future date.
Lutheran Minister Coming.
Rev.- J. O'.' Wangberg informs the
Times,that a resident . minister l.as
been* engaged for-Baker and will take
up his work in the near future. Defi-
jnite announcement of the appoint-
' ment will be" made later. Rev.
, Wangberg, .whose home is at Bow-
-man, is temporarily supplying this
. district, which comprises Baker, Wiil-
1 ard, Ollie and Carlyle.
. Memorial Day will be observed for
the first time" in Baker, next Tuesday]
May 30, thanks to the thoughtfulness
iand enterprise of "'the...Womans Club.
• v;The occasion., will' be notable because of the presence." of, Montana's
chief justice of the supreme court,,
Hon. Theodore • Brantley of Helena,
.and a musical program befitting the
occasion'has been prepared. -
"So farias -known"there will be no
boys in blue to march down the. street
to decorate the graves of their comrades, but the Times has been requested to issue a special invitation to Civil
and Spanish-American war veterans,
if any there be, to'attend the exercises
,Tuesday.
\s The exercises will be held at the
Owego opera house at 2:30 p. m. and
from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock all business
^houses and'offices will be closed-
"There will be no program at the
cemetery, but it is expected that individuals -will give attention to the decoration of.'graves of "those lost to
sight but to memory dear."
■f The program follows:
-•.Music—Baker Orchestra.
,->' Welcoming Address—Charles J.
Dousman.
L-Song, "America"—Audience.
^Prayer—Rey. S. W.,Pollard.
.../^"Observance'of Memorial Day"—
,5#rs,vFrank J; Mains.
>;S;;'Musical, Selection — Male Quar-
>-n;V'* :r':,;-i';'
jette:
'4'jM,emor.ial Address—Chief Justice
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